diff --git a/src/guiChatConsole.cpp b/src/guiChatConsole.cpp
index f31e599dc..3dfd0090a 100644
--- a/src/guiChatConsole.cpp
+++ b/src/guiChatConsole.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ GUIChatConsole::GUIChatConsole(
 
 GUIChatConsole::~GUIChatConsole()
 {
-	delete m_font;
+#if USE_FREETYPE
+	m_font->drop();
+#endif
 }
 
 void GUIChatConsole::openConsole(f32 height)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 7f9ec1ace..d28ba9b9d 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -2145,7 +2145,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	*/
 	device->drop();
 
-	delete font;
+#if USE_FREETYPE
+	font->drop();
+#endif
 
 #endif // !SERVER